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Robotaxis as the norm are still ‘far away’

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

If there’s a voice of reason in the autonomous vehicle industry, Bryan Salesky is it. One might think the CEO of Argo AI would have...

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Drivers’ jobs post-autonomy, ‘disruption in chunks’: Panel talks self-driving trucks

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in News, Perspective, Trucks

Speaking earlier this month at the FTR Transportation Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, representatives from three autonomous truck...

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Zoox CEO Aicha Evans to talk self-driving cars at Disrupt SF 2019

Posted on Sep 21, 2019 in Cars, News

Aicha Evans, CEO of self-driving startup Zoox, is joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco in just two short weeks. Evans came on...

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Ride-sharing alone scares some just as much as taking a self-driving car, survey finds

Posted on Sep 21, 2019 in Cars, News

Would you rather take an Uber ride home alone late at night or have a self-driving taxi service come pick you up with no one at the front...

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Autonomous driving could explode soon — these chipmakers could cash in

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 in Cars, Markets, News

The semiconductor industry is huge, and the promising outlook for autonomous driving is a potentially big tailwind for some chip makers....

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FAW readies electric SUV offering Level 4 autonomous driving

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

China FAW Group Corp. plans to launch sales of a full-electric SUV capable of Level 4 “hands off” autonomous driving next year...

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Oxbotica unveils the software complexity associated with autonomous vehicle testing

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

According to Oxbotica, a leading autonomous vehicle software provider, autonomous vehicles driving on London’s complex and congested...

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Tech startups cite progress on path to self-driving trucks

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 in News, Technology, Trucks

Over the past year, startups working to commercialize highly auto­mated heavy-duty trucks competed for more capital and engineers, and...

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Yandex’ autonomous vehicles to roam around the heart of Tel Aviv

Posted on Sep 19, 2019 in Cars, News

Nasdaq-listed Yandex NV, the Russian multinational technology company that launched its taxi-hailing platform Yango in Israel in December,...

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Orlando, Fla., sees the launch of its first driverless bus

Posted on Sep 19, 2019 in Buses, News

With a fitting beep, doors opened and out stepped local elected officials and executives as confetti rained down over them outside the...

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Using Ouster’s Lidar, Nvidia targets 2022 for commercial launch of self-driving vehicles

Posted on Sep 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

NVIDIA has been working with Volvo Trucks to develop a flexible, scalable self-driving system for commercial use. A recent announcement...

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UK team trials cyber security tech for driverless cars

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

With autonomous vehicles expected to become ever more widespread in the years ahead; the security of the connected systems that underpin...

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Mountain highway in China to test driverless cars

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

A mountainous stretch of highway in eastern Shandong, China, is to be dedicated to self-driving car testing. The testing of connected...

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The self-driving truck startup that’s been quietly moving UPS loads just pulled in $120 million in fresh funding

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Finance, News, Trucks

One of the hottest startups in autonomous trucking just another cash boon. TuSimple, which is based in San Diego and Beijing, announced on...

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Uber to collect mapping, other data for possible autonomous service in Dallas

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, News

Uber will expand data collection for potential autonomous vehicles in Dallas, beginning in November, the ride-hailing service said...

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Shanghai allows self-driving cars to carry passengers

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, News

Shanghai has become the first Chinese city to issue permits allowing self-driving cars to carry passengers and freight on the city’s...

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Veoneer wins thermal camera production deal for self-driving car

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, News

Swedish auto-technology supplier Veoneer said on Tuesday it had won a production contract with an unidentified “world-leading”...

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Uber’s self-driving cars ride into Texas

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, News

Uber’s autonomous cars are coming to Texas.  On Tuesday, Uber’s Advantaged Technologies Group announced it would test its...

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Applied Intuition secures $40 mn Series B funding for autonomous vehicle simulation

Posted on Sep 15, 2019 in Cars, News

California-based Applied Intuition, which supplies software tools and infrastructure for autonomous vehicle development worldwide, has...

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Waymo eyes deploying self-driving technology in trucking: CEO Krafcik

Posted on Sep 13, 2019 in News, Technology, Trucks

Waymo is exploring deploying its self-driving technology in the trucking industry, CEO John Krafcik said on Thursday, as it works with...

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